Two down, many to go …

It sounds like the Detroit Pistons have reached agreements to sign both Ben Gordon and Carlos Villanueva. Official contracts can’t be announced until July 8, but those expected signings would leave only Memphis and Oklahoma City with enough cap room to make significant signings.

That could help the Warriors move into the mix for a mid-level guy. General manager Larry Riley seeks an experienced power forward who can log some minutes at small forward, and there are more available players who fit that mold than potential contracts to be tendered to said free agents.

Reports say Rasheed Wallace and Lamar Odom have set homes. Still, you’ve got to wonder about Shawn Marion and Oakland-product Leon Powe, who suprisingly wasn’t given a qualifying offer by Boston and became an unrestricted free agent Wednesday. Those two, among a variety of others, might stand out in Don Nelson’s system or grant a Bay Area discount.

A Warriors trade that grabs a power forward and alleviates the lockjam at shooting guard and small forward is probably still more likely. However, every time a team spends money in this economy it shoots a probable coupon toward the Warriors for a possible signing.